Sony’s poised to release its first official arcade stick for the PS5 and PC in the coming months, but it may need to get its hardware engineers to cook up something else.

Digital Eclipse, the game preservation specialists behind the upcoming Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, has announced Golden Tee Arcade Classics for PS5 and PS4.

Due out digitally on 17th July – with a physical version to follow on PS5 from 24th October – this compilation will collect eight trackball classics from Incredible Technologies, including: Golden Tee 3D Golf, Golden Tee 97, Golden Tee 98, Golden Tee 99, Golden Tee 2K, Golden Tee Classic, Shuffleshot, and World Class Bowling.

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Some of these games have been playable on the PS1 in the past, but here you’re getting the arcade originals, with digital trackball support.

Reading the press release, the DualSense’s touchpad will be supported for gameplay, or you’ll be able to use traditional analogue stick controls. We wonder if the touchpad could be the optimal way to play here – it’ll certainly be worth trying.

As you’d expect from these all-time pub classics, there’ll be full turn-based multiplayer support, and even a new Mulligan mode that’ll allow you to retake a shot if you mess up.

It doesn’t seem like this game will have all of the documentary features of Digital Eclipse’s other releases, but we’re satisfied with the more straightforward preservation here. You can check out a trailer for a taste of what to expect above.

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